This morning I spent an hour birding Colonel Sam Smith Park in Etobicoke
looking for the reported Eared Grebe.
I didn’t find the Eared Grebe but I did find Pied-billed, Horned and Red-necked
Grebes.
In the Marina Bay I found a first winter male Harlequin Duck swimming and
sleeping with a male Bufflehead (not that there’s anything wrong with that) and
while standing on the southwest point a first winter Thayer’s Gull flew a 180
around me not 20 feet from me as it came from behind and headed to somewhere in
the Marina Bay, I didn’t look for it after it FLEW past me.
A nice morning with a light wind when I first got there and warmed enough to
doff my gloves and open my coat. I love these kind of winters.
DIRECTIONS TO COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK IN ETOBICOKE -TORONTO
To get to Col. Sam Smith Park from Queen & Yonge Streets. Take the Queen
Street Car #501 (Long Branch) west to Kipling Ave. The park is across from the
street car stop behind the Humber College buildings. Depending on which Queen
Street streetcar you board you may or may not have to transfer from one car to
another at the Humber Loop, but this is no big deal.
You can also take the Kipling South #44 TTC bus from Kipling subway station
directly to the Col. Sam Smith Park loop.
By automobile from downtown Toronto drive west on Lakeshore Blvd, cross the
Humber River Bridge at Sunnyside and drive to Kipling Ave. turn left (south)
and your in Colonel Sam Smith Park..
Sent from my Loganberry
Norm Murr
303-48 Laverock Ave.
Richmond Hill, Ontario
L4C 4J5
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